Canada Diagnostic Centres - Chinook

A 1 hour MRI is not the sort of thing that most people would be excited about. I certainly wasn't and was very apprehensive. This was quickly put to rest when I arrived and actually saw the GE Tesla 3 MRI scanner and had everything explained to me. It is open on both ends so not as terrifying as I had originally thought. The Scan takes place in multiple short scans, rather than one 1 hour scan, so you are able to fidget in between the 2-4 minute scans. The headphones and music made the sounds of the machine really quiet almost like a vibrating massage chair. The lady doing the MRI spoke to me between each small scan to let me know what was going to happen next and the time actually went by very quickly. I have gold teeth and they didn't heat up or fly out of my head in fact other than the buzzing and the gentle breeze from a fan you would not know you were having anything done at all.
My only wish would be that they would have told me all of this during the booking. Because I was thinking that I would be in a closed hole for an hour straight listening to a massive noise, as it was, it is a larger open ended 'lifesaver mint' machine and very manageable small steps. You can even request a little break in between small scans if you want but I didn't feel the need, and yes I was completely worked up the night before with anxiety. It was fine and the staff were great.

The receptionist that I talked to was great and very welcoming. The lady who ushered me in was nice and the tech ladies were very warm, friendly and very patient.